The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 1928
Waning Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
5:27 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 64
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 | 344.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.3° / 183.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / -10.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.14° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.26° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 47.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.