The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2104
Waning Crescent
42.5% 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
3:22 AM
12:58 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2241
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 | 278.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 230.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -22.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.96° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.63° / -0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.63° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.