The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 1954
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
6:41 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 386
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 | 192.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.1° / 324.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -9.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.46° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.64° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.