The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 1947
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 AM
5:46 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 299
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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March equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.2° / 179.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 25m / -9.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.25° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.07° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 42.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.