The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 2020
Waning Crescent
12.3% 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
6:07 AM
4:15 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1202
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 193.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.69° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.16° / 5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.45° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| 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.