The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 1965
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 PM
8:30 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 522
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 | 220.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 288.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 37m / -12.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.65° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / -3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.99° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.