The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 21, 2034
Waxing Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
9:31 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1376
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 0.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.0° / 121.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 5.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.40° / -1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.56° / 2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.92° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| 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.