The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 2015
Waxing Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 AM
9:34 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1141
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.3° / 120.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 6.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.51° / -0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.76° / 1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.71° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.