The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2095
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
7:47 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2130
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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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 329.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 6.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.16° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.08° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.21° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 339.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.