The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 21, 1916
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 PM
7:07 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -84
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.2° / 304.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -14.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.71° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.38° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.