The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
3:42 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 448
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 | 125.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 45.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 14.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.29° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.31° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.92° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.