The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 1977
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 AM
7:52 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 671
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 | 10.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.8° / 148.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / 5.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.67° / 1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / -1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.83° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.