The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 1921
Waxing Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -22
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 82.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 18.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.96° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / 4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.22° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.