The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 1958
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 AM
8:10 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 436
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury 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 | 14.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.1° / 142.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 51m / 7.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.61° / 1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / -1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.44° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.