The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2022
Waning Gibbous
93.3% 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
10:38 PM
8:57 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1227
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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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 | 210.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 287.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -9.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.15° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / -2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.73° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.