The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 1942
Waxing Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 238
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.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 87.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 32m / 13.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.01° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.80° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.58° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.