The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2078
First Quarter
50.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
2:54 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.0%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1920
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.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 54.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 26.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.36° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.13° / -3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.47° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.