The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 2045
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 AM
10:07 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1512
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 | 22.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.9° / 112.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 12.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.25° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / -4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.63° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.