The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
61.4% 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
12:25 PM
2:26 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 411
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 | 103.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 59.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 56m / 20.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.08° / -2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.40° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.77° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.0° |
| 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.