The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2042
Waning Crescent
1.8% 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
7:15 AM
6:38 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1474
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.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.9° / 164.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -9.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.11° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.35° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.19° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 51.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.