The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 1974
Waning Crescent
10.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 AM
4:52 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.3%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 633
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 | 322.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.4° / 194.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 34m / -9.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.61° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.06° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.49° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.