The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 2071
Waning Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1833
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 | 236.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 264.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 39m / -15.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.15° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.72° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.53° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.