The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 1916
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
6:40 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -84
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 | 192.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 325.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -9.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.00° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.23° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.