The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2092
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% 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
4:33 PM
5:48 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2093
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 14.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 35m / 14.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.30° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.23° / 0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.00° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| 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.