The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 2075
Waxing Crescent
15.3% 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
9:54 AM
11:47 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.3%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1883
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 | 45.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 93.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 59m / 12.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.97° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.54° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.