The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 1941
Waning Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
1:04 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 225
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 | 289.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 237.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -16.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.45° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.02° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.