The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
4:17 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -22
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,000 km.
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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 | 137.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 37.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 11.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.11° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.67° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.36° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.