The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 1900
Waning Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 PM
8:26 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -282
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 | 228.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 276.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -19.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.05° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.38° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.