The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
4:54 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 213
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 25.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 07m / 7.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.04° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.86° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.39° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.