The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
5:45 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 349
Events on this date
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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 | 158.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 12.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 9.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.40° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.15° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.