The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
76.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
4:19 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.2%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1017
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 | 121.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 41.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 21m / 24.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.84° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.92° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| 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.