The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2011
Waning Gibbous
98.5% 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
9:21 PM
7:40 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1091
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 | 193.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.9° / 304.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -9.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.76° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.34° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 136.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.