The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2153
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
3:24 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2847
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 | 310.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 201.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 59m / -22.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.81° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.51° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.