The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 2047
Waning Crescent
29.6% 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
4:28 AM
2:13 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1536
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 | 294.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 218.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -21.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.18° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / 0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.41° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.