The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 1926
Waxing Crescent
45.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 AM
1:02 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.1%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 40
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 71.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 33m / 20.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.58° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.15° / 3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.98° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.8° |
| 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.