The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2118
Waning Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
6:23 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2414
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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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 | 342.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.2° / 168.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 56m / -8.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.11° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / 2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.03° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.