The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2200
Waxing Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3429
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 1.0° of each other in the sky.
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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 | 57.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 82.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 43m / 17.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.41° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / 3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.83° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.