The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 1972
Waxing Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
12:24 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 609
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.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 74.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 41m / 26.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.39° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.03° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.