The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 21, 2175
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
6:53 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3119
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.8° / 163.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 12m / -4.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.33° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.24° / -0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.46° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.