The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2087
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
7:54 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2031
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 | 195.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 301.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -9.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.83° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.04° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.35° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.