The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
6:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1524
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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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 | 155.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.9° / 358.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 7.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.66° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.28° / 3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.02° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.