The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 1957
Waning Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 AM
10:08 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 423
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 259.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -20.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.54° / 1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.75° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.