The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 PM
5:47 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 819
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 | 161.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.2° / 10.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 6.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.57° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.59° / 1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.74° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.