The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 1920
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
6:24 AM
7:19 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -34
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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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.
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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 | 3.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.4° / 160.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / 4.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.05° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.07° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 203.6° |
| 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.