The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2191
Waning Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 AM
2:12 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3317
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 | 297.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 212.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -25.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.65° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.08° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.94° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| 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.