The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 1969
Waxing Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 AM
9:42 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 572
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
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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 | 30.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.8° / 117.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 14.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.35° / 2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / -2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.15° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.