The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
3:16 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 646
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 Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 51.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 19.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.91° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.34° / 4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.47° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.