The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% 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
6:39 PM
7:07 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 250
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 | 165.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 344.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 06m / 7.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.55° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / -1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.21° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.