The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 1964
First Quarter
48.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 AM
1:23 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.4%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 510
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.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 67.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 52m / 22.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.14° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.38° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.