The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
77.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 PM
5:22 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.1%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1487
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 | 122.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 28.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 25m / 24.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.73° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.04° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.