The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 2116
Waxing Crescent
35.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
1:26 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.3%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2390
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 | 72.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 66.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 45m / 25.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.03° / 3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / -3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.04° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.