The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 19, 2021
Waxing Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
12:56 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1215
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 72.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 25m / 21.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.97° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.67° / 1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.86° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.