The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 1922
Last Quarter
46.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 AM
11:51 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.7%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -10
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 247.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.31° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.10° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.03° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.