The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 2082
Waning Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
11:11 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1969
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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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 239.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 23m / -28.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.92° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.73° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.95° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.