The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
5:33 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1858
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 | 137.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 18.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 14.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.89° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.80° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.