The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2096
Waning Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 AM
3:26 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2142
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 201.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -21.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.44° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.79° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.47° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.