The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 1917
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 AM
5:19 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -72
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.3° / 194.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -3.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.24° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.22° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.01° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.