The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 19, 2020
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 AM
3:16 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1202
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 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 204.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -21.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.54° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.25° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.