The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 1984
Waning Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 757
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 269.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -19.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.61° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / -0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.95° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.