The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 1928
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
6:42 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 64
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 166.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / -4.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.83° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.62° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.52° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 357.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.