The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 2080
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 AM
7:05 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1944
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.6° / 157.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -5.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.05° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / 3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.81° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 52.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.