The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2135
Waxing Crescent
28.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 AM
12:41 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.1%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2625
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 | 63.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.1° / 73.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 03m / 23.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.49° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.41° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.