The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2142
Waning Crescent
38.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 AM
1:26 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.7%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2711
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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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 228.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -20.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.18° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / -2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.04° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.