The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 2154
Waxing Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
1:29 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2860
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 | 71.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 66.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 39m / 26.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.87° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.87° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.60° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.