The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2044
Waning Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
10:59 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1499
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 240.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 12m / -28.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.41° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.58° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.52° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.