The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2164
Waning Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
5:27 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2983
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.8° / 186.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -8.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.15° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.23° / -3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.99° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.