The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 1990
Waning Crescent
39.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
11:58 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.3%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 831
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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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 | 282.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 235.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 55m / -25.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.29° / -2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / 4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.70° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.