The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 21, 1955
Waning Crescent
7.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 AM
4:18 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.7%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 398
Events on this date
-
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 | 328.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.4° / 207.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -8.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.45° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.90° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.40° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| 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.