The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 1925
Waning Crescent
18.3% 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
4:14 AM
2:30 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 27
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 | 309.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 219.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -17.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.98° / 0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.15° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.