The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 2002
Waxing Crescent
35.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
12:15 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.9%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 980
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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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 | 73.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 77.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 48m / 21.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.35° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.77° / 1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.96° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.