The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 21, 1927
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
8:22 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 52
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 | 215.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 295.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -9.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.80° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.20° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.59° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.