The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 2060
Waning Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
9:08 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1697
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 277.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 26m / -14.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.84° / -0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.81° / 0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.31° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.