The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 2001
Waning Crescent
10.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 AM
3:33 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.4%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 967
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 206.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -16.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.81° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.36° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.