The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 1980
Waxing Crescent
21.2% 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
9:21 AM
11:31 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.2%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 708
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 | 54.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 96.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 35m / 13.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.82° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.90° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.67° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.