The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 2200
Waxing Crescent
32.5% 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
11:05 AM
12:52 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3429
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 73.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 18.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.17° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.63° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.