The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 2102
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
9:56 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2217
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 | 20.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.3° / 114.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 12.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.15° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.61° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.