The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 1938
Waning Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
8:50 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 188
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 273.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 22m / -18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.91° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.12° / 1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.78° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| 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.