The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 1945
First Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
2:26 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 275
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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March equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 58.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 52m / 21.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.05° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.94° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.69° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.