The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 2189
Waxing Crescent
11.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 AM
11:25 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.9%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3293
Events on this date
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 97.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 13.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.78° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / 3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.09° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.