The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2127
Waxing Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 PM
1:54 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2526
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 | 83.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 64.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 31m / 18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.04° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.78° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.