The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 1939
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 AM
6:38 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 200
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.5° / 172.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / 1.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.03° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.53° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.