The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 2038
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 PM
7:39 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1425
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.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 332.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 6.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.11° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.60° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.43° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 326.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.