The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 1983
Waxing Crescent
34.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
12:03 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 745
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 | 72.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 79.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 42m / 20.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.69° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.20° / 2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.77° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.