The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 1988
Waxing Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 AM
10:15 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 807
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.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.4° / 110.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 16.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.85° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.33° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| 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.