The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 PM
5:55 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 584
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 | 164.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 6.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 5.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.27° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.72° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.35° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.