The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 2023
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 AM
6:39 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1239
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 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.4° / 163.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 12m / -9.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.31° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.05° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.39° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.