The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 1987
Waning Gibbous
71.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 794
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 | 244.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 261.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -25.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.75° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / 5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.65° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| 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.