The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 1979
Last Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
11:46 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 695
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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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 | 273.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 247.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.50° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.29° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.46° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.0° |
| 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.