The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
4:12 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 77
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 | 121.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 41.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 17m / 24.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.91° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.03° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.97° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.