The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 21, 1961
Waxing Crescent
27.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.2%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 473
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 89.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 10m / 15.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.45° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.26° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.