The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 2134
Waning Crescent
22.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
2:46 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.4%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2612
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 | 303.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 207.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -24.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.61° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.35° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.69° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.