The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 1914
Waning Crescent
22.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 AM
1:52 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.0%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -109
Events on this date
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March equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 220.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 31m / -22.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.55° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / 5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.87° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.