The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 1931
Waxing Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
9:14 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 102
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 | 25.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.0° / 124.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 35m / 11.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.12° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.20° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.57° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.