The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 2017
Last Quarter
50.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
12:33 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.1%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1165
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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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -18.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.24° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.07° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.36° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.