The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 1911
Waning Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -146
Events on this date
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 262.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -22.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.91° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.44° / 3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.60° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.