The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 1955
Waning Crescent
14.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 AM
3:11 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 398
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 217.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -12.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.13° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.15° / -3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.20° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.