The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 2058
Waning Crescent
18.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 AM
3:24 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.1%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1672
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.
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 202.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 55m / -21.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.11° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.76° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.87° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.