The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 1976
Waning Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 658
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 | 243.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 266.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -19.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.80° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / -1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.39° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.