The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 1961
Waxing Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
11:09 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 473
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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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 | 50.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 99.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 13.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.51° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.68° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.47° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.