The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
92.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 PM
6:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.7%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1153
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.
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 6.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 9.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.16° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / 3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.06° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.