The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2035
Waxing Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 PM
5:37 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1388
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 | 139.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 16.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 12.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.43° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.42° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.