The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 21, 1954
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 PM
7:05 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 386
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.4° / 306.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -14.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.35° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.20° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.80° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.