The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 2137
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
6:48 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2649
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.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 163.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -5.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.49° / -0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / 1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.85° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.