The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 1993
Waning Crescent
6.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 AM
4:36 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.1%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 868
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 | 331.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.2° / 204.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -6.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.89° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.82° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.