The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 21, 2004
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
7:41 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1005
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 | 9.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.3° / 150.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / 1.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.51° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / 4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.49° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.