The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
4:22 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 448
Events on this date
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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 | 138.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 35.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 11.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.76° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.75° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.