The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 2066
Waning Crescent
29.7% 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
4:23 AM
2:15 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1771
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 | 294.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 219.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 45m / -20.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.50° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.18° / -0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.22° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.