The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
72.2% 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
1:35 PM
3:13 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 411
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 51.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 55m / 17.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.32° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / 5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.60° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.