The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 2069
Waning Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 AM
5:16 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1808
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 | 326.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.1° / 190.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -7.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.33° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.32° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| 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.