The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 2088
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 AM
5:33 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2043
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.6° / 186.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -6.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.43° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.13° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.