The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 21, 1971
Waning Crescent
33.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 AM
12:38 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.0%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 596
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 | 290.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 230.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -24.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.43° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.86° / 4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.09° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.