The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2003
Waning Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
8:03 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 992
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 | 211.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 299.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -9.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.48° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.05° / -2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.44° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.