The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 2180
Waning Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 AM
2:36 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3181
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 | 295.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 220.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -16.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.72° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.66° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.