The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 2124
Waxing Crescent
22.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.8%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2489
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 | 56.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 80.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 40m / 19.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.29° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.62° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.69° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.