The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 21, 1988
Waxing Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 AM
11:29 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 807
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.0° / 94.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 04m / 21.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.70° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.05° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.12° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.