The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2098
Waning Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
9:13 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2167
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 272.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -17.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.48° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / 2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.73° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.