The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 21, 1950
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 AM
9:58 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 337
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 | 33.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.4° / 113.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 15.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.17° / 2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.27° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.76° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.