The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 1995
Waning Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
8:41 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 893
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,000 km.
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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 | 228.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 279.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -16.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.06° / 1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.18° / -0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.02° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.