The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 1971
Waning Crescent
43.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 AM
11:29 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.7%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 596
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 238.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 31m / -27.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.85° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.26° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.89° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.