The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 2197
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 AM
9:52 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3392
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 114.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 12.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.99° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.50° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.77° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.