The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 2100
Waxing Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
4:26 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2192
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 | 108.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 39.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 23m / 26.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.47° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.06° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.78° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.