The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 2021
Waxing Crescent
41.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
1:55 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.1%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1215
Events on this date
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March equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 63.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 16m / 23.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.84° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.98° / -0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.67° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.