The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 1968
Waning Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
10:05 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 559
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 | 260.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 248.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -27.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.31° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.22° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.00° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.