The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 2126
Waning Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 AM
4:54 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2513
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 | 323.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.9° / 194.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -9.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.27° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.71° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.35° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.