The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 1912
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 AM
8:49 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -133
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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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 | 21.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.0° / 132.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 8.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.05° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / 0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.39° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.