The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 1994
First Quarter
52.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
1:41 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.1%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 881
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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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 | 92.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 66.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 09m / 20.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.13° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.63° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.34° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.