The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 1981
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 PM
6:53 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 720
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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March equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 2.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 342.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / 3.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.76° / 3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.16° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 38.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.