The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2101
Waning Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
10:14 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2204
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 | 247.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -26.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.42° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.20° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.59° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.