The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 1947
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 AM
4:41 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 299
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.2° / 192.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 36m / -14.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.32° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.85° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.