The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 2106
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
7:44 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2266
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 | 190.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 308.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -7.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.62° / -3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / 4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.98° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 132.5° |
| 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.