The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Waning Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
6:11 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1103
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 | 337.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.6° / 176.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -3.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.35° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.12° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.