The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2170
Waxing Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
10:42 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3058
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.2° 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.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 105.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 9.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.62° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.07° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.91° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.