The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 1904
Waxing Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 AM
10:12 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -232
Events on this date
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March equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.3° / 110.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 30m / 11.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.78° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.71° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.7° |
| 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.