The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 1999
Waxing Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
10:19 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 943
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 | 40.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.4° / 110.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 9.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.77° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.07° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.