The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 2083
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 AM
10:20 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1982
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 | 25.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.4° / 108.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 28m / 14.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.55° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.87° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.22° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.