The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 1924
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
6:24 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 15
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.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 353.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / 4.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.46° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / -1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.36° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.