The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 21, 1915
Waxing Crescent
29.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.4%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -96
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.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 79.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 10m / 26.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.46° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.56° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.24° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.