The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 2099
Waning Crescent
1.5% 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
7:10 AM
6:42 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2179
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 | 346.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.0° / 163.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 13m / -6.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.46° / -1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / 2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.42° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.