The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 1991
Waxing Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
12:10 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 844
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 76.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 25.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.28° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / -4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.21° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.