The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 1990
Waning Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 AM
1:04 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 831
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 228.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -22.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.90° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.58° / 2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.90° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.