The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 2004
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 AM
6:36 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1004
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.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.4° / 167.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 57m / -4.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.56° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.30° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 11.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.