The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 2172
Waning Crescent
16.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 AM
3:38 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3082
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 199.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -21.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.42° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.31° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.