The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2031
Waning Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
5:21 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1338
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 | 327.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.4° / 189.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 53m / -7.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.77° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.71° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.