The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 2079
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
9:00 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1932
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 | 215.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 280.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -13.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.74° / -0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.09° / 1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.92° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| 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.