The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 2056
Waxing Crescent
16.7% 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
10:00 AM
11:57 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1648
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 91.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 10m / 12.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.69° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.24° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.16° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.