The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 1982
Waning Crescent
23.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
1:51 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.0%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 732
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 | 302.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 223.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -20.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.61° / -1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.35° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| 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.