The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 1952
Waning Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 AM
1:58 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 361
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 | 304.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 221.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -21.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.46° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.80° / 3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.50° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.