The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2001
Waning Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
2:35 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 967
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
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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 | 311.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 215.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -19.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.98° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.11° / 3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.16° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.