The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2194
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
5:51 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3354
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 | 335.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.3° / 177.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -9.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.45° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / 0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.08° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.