The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 1930
Last Quarter
54.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
10:31 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.2%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 89
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.
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 245.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 40m / -27.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.63° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.58° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.