The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 21, 1920
Waxing Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 AM
8:28 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -34
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.9° / 139.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 59m / 9.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.04° / 2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / -2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.86° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.