The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 2175
Waning Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 AM
5:36 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3119
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° 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.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.2° / 180.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 18m / -11.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.42° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / 1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.25° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.