The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 21, 1976
Waning Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 AM
10:27 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 658
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 257.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -19.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.71° / 2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.56° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.