The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 2041
Waning Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
8:58 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1462
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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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 284.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -11.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.44° / 1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.94° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.53° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.