The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 1941
Waning Crescent
43.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
12:06 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.7%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 225
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 | 277.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 245.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -17.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.12° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.83° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.