The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Waxing Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
11:25 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1042
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.4° / 97.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 12m / 17.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.71° / 4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.58° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.05° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.