The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
6:54 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1054
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 | 167.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 342.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 11m / 3.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.48° / -1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / 3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.47° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.