The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 2009
Waning Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 AM
1:50 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1066
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 | 290.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 219.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 32m / -23.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.03° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.80° / 2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.00° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.