The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 2105
Waxing Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
12:08 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2254
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 | 59.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 78.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 48m / 20.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.43° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.75° / -0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.49° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.