The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 1991
Waxing Crescent
22.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.6%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 844
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 | 56.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.4° / 87.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 31m / 23.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.09° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.41° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.