The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2050
Waning Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 AM
5:16 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1573
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 | 326.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.0° / 190.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -7.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.99° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.20° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.52° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.