The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2121
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 AM
10:17 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2452
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 | 23.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 110.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 13.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.74° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.80° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.