The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 21, 1944
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 AM
4:30 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 262
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 | 320.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 193.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -15.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.32° / -1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.80° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.64° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.