The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2183
Waning Crescent
15.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 AM
4:09 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.1%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3218
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 | 314.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.4° / 203.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 03m / -12.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.42° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / -4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.60° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| 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.