The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 21, 1967
Waxing Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
4:06 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 547
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.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 43.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 25.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.39° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.34° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| 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.