The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 2027
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
6:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1289
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 | 156.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.5° / 356.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 7.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.23° / -1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / 2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.81° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.