The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 1996
Waxing Crescent
6.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
9:25 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.2%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 906
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.3° / 121.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 10.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.01° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / 2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.80° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.