The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 2006
Waning Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1029
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 | 244.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 260.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -25.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.42° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.77° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.45° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.