The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 1936
Waning Crescent
9.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 AM
4:02 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.1%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 163
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 | 325.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 209.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 45m / -9.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.09° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / -4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.59° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.