The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 1979
Waning Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 AM
10:53 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 695
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 256.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.74° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.85° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.28° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.