The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 1917
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 AM
4:04 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -72
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° 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 | 325.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.7° / 208.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -10.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.35° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.80° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.