The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 2151
Waxing Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 AM
10:18 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2823
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 | 27.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.2° / 110.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 6.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.73° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.74° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.