The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2140
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 AM
10:18 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2687
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 | 23.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.4° / 110.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 21m / 14.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.06° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.00° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.