The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2068
Waning Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
8:00 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1796
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 297.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -10.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.75° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.06° / 5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.72° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.