The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 1949
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
10:06 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 324
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 | 259.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 249.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 13m / -27.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.56° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.20° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.