The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2074
Waning Crescent
42.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 AM
1:04 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.8%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1870
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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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 232.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -20.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.89° / 2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / -2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.59° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.