The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 21, 1949
Last Quarter
48.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 AM
10:58 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.5%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 324
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.7° / 240.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -28.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.66° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.38° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.