The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 1935
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
6:49 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Lunation number
- 151
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.
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 318.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -11.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.71° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.01° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 130.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.