The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2063
Waning Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 AM
10:49 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1734
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 | 256.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 242.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -28.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.66° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.66° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.15° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| 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.