The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 PM
3:17 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -59
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 | 114.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 51.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 46m / 18.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.10° / -2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.76° / 3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.19° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.