The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 1958
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
7:14 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 436
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
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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 | 3.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.4° / 160.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / 3.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.81° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.15° / -2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.65° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 214.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.