The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 2030
Waning Gibbous
98.6% 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
9:17 PM
7:40 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1326
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
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March equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.9° / 305.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -9.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.67° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.74° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.14° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.9° |
| 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.