The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2132
Waxing Crescent
12.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
11:31 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.4%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2588
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.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 97.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 11.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.34° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.00° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.33° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.