The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 2121
Waxing Crescent
10.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
11:32 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.4%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2452
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 | 37.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 95.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 19.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.31° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.45° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.59° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.