The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 PM
6:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 485
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 | 173.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 353.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 5.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.85° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.66° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.93° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 313.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.