The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 2123
Last Quarter
46.9% 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
3:00 AM
12:35 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.9%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2476
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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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 | 273.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 234.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -22.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.23° / 1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.24° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.