The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 2055
Waning Crescent
44.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
12:56 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1635
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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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 Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 234.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -19.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.24° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.73° / -3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.77° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.