The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 2010
Waxing Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1079
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 | 55.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 79.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 28m / 23.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.39° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / -4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.12° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.