The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 1942
Waxing Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 AM
11:28 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 238
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 11.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.93° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.80° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.79° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.