The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 1946
Waning Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
8:14 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 287
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 298.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -8.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.48° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.50° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.21° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.