The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 2162
Waxing Crescent
19.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.1%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2959
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 | 51.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 85.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 17.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.78° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.46° / 1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.26° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.