The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 2167
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 AM
7:09 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3020
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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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 | 351.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.9° / 156.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 32m / -6.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.13° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / 4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.94° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 42.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.