The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 2062
Waxing Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 PM
5:16 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1722
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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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 28.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 23m / 24.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.35° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.99° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.22° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.