The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 2137
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 AM
7:56 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2649
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Annular solar eclipse
The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light. From Columbus, 1% of the Sun is covered at 2:56 PM.
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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.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.7° / 145.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / 0.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.93° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / -0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.06° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.