The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2059
First Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
2:35 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1685
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.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 57.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 44m / 25.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.46° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.41° / -2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.26° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.