The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 21, 1993
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
5:33 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 868
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.0° / 192.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -1.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.75° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.03° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.