The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 1932
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 PM
5:40 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 114
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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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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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 15.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 11.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.66° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / -1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.95° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.