The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 21, 1933
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 AM
2:07 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 126
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 219.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 41m / -21.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.00° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / 4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.68° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.