The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 2161
Waning Crescent
31.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 AM
2:12 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.6%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2946
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 Uranus 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 | 291.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 222.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -18.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.08° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.85° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.