The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 21, 1999
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
11:29 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 943
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 96.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 34m / 13.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.48° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.39° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.86° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.