The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 AM
10:05 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1042
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 | 22.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.0° / 113.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 11.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.67° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / -3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.26° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.