The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2029
Waxing Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
12:24 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1314
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 | 59.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 76.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 49m / 23.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.19° / 3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.31° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.