The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Waxing Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
11:11 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1178
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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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 | 38.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 100.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 9.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.45° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.23° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.77° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.