The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
74.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
4:03 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.1%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 312
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 | 118.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 43.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 08m / 25.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.81° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.24° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.16° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| 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.