The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 2115
Waning Crescent
21.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
2:58 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.1%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2377
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 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 205.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 39m / -23.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.05° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.19° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.06° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.