The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
63.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
3:28 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.2%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1586
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 | 105.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 48.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 04m / 17.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.20° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.54° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.64° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.