The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 1973
Waning Gibbous
96.7% 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
8:53 PM
6:58 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 621
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 | 200.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.1° / 311.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -12.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.46° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.41° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.