The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
64.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
3:30 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.0%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1821
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 | 106.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 48.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 09m / 17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.62° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.85° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.