The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 21, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
4:50 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 312
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 33.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 21.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.46° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.80° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.99° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.