The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 1933
Waning Crescent
30.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
12:53 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.0%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 126
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 | 293.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 227.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -25.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.35° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.46° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.48° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.