The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 21, 1926
First Quarter
54.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 AM
1:59 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 40
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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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 | 95.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 63.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 21.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.84° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / 2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.79° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.