The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 2145
Waning Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 AM
5:21 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2748
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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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.8° / 187.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -8.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.77° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.17° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.