The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 21, 2061
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 AM
7:57 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1709
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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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.3° / 145.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / -1.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.78° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / 3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.79° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 353.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.