The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 21, 1943
Full Moon
99.9% 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
7:39 PM
7:39 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 250
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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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 328.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 3.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.15° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / -2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.95° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 328.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.