The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 1924
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
7:00 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 15
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 | 186.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.6° / 333.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -0.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.80° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.83° / -3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.79° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.