The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 PM
3:27 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 275
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 | 100.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 49.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 48m / 22.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.18° / -0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.83° / 1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.51° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.