The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 2173
Waxing Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 AM
2:23 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3095
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.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 59.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 23m / 28.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.90° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.79° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.