The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 1957
Waning Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 423
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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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 | 240.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 267.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -19.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.61° / 0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / -0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.58° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.