The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 2037
Waxing Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
11:22 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1413
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 | 41.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 98.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 42m / 10.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.44° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.96° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.