The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 2074
Waning Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
2:02 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1870
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 222.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -19.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.33° / 1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / -1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.77° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.