The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 1952
Waning Crescent
32.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 AM
12:41 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.2%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 361
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 | 291.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 229.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -25.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.08° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.03° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.30° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.