The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 1931
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 AM
8:13 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 102
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.9° / 141.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 5.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.15° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.09° / 0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.78° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.