The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 1984
Waning Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 PM
8:38 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 757
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.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 282.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -14.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.72° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.16° / -1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.79° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.