The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 21, 1938
Waning Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 188
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 | 244.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 264.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -20.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.01° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.91° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.95° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.