The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 1919
Waning Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
8:54 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -47
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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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 | 235.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.8° / 271.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 31m / -20.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.38° / -0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.41° / 1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.18° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.