The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 2186
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 AM
7:24 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3255
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.
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.6° / 151.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / -5.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.80° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.75° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 26.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.