The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
5:34 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1623
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 | 138.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 17.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 13.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.43° / -1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.61° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.