The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 22, 2020
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 AM
6:14 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1202
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.9° / 168.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -10.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.67° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.03° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.87° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 51.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.