The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2033
Waning Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1363
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 at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 268.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 16m / -15.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.61° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.56° / -2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.12° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.