The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 21, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
4:57 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -22
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 24.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 6.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.75° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.03° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.20° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.