The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2091
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 AM
8:22 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2081
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 | 5.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.8° / 136.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 25m / 0.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.83° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.90° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.