The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 1908
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 PM
8:10 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -183
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 | 210.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 301.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -7.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.07° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.81° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.