The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
2:40 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 176
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° 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.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 57.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 05m / 20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.14° / -2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / 3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.57° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.