The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2039
Waning Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 AM
3:31 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1437
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 | 311.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 201.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.97° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.07° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.