The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 1996
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 AM
8:22 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 906
Events on this date
-
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 | 16.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.3° / 139.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 6.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.57° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / 0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.02° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.