The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 PM
4:13 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 213
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 | 136.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 38.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 09m / 11.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.15° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.55° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.