The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 1901
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 AM
7:17 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -269
Events on this date
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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.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.6° / 162.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 00m / 4.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.83° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.74° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.88° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 190.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.