The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
69.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
3:44 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.2%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 782
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 | 112.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 47.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 40m / 26.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.34° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.72° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.