The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 2042
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 AM
7:56 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1474
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.5° / 145.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / -2.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.34° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.12° / 3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.41° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 350.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.