The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 21, 1922
Waning Crescent
36.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
12:44 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.9%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -10
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 | 285.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 239.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -17.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.70° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.22° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| 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.