The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 1968
Last Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 AM
11:03 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 559
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 239.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -28.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.30° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.18° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.