The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 2169
Last Quarter
48.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 AM
12:23 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.4%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3045
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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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 235.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -23.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.32° / 0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / 0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.22° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.