The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2108
First Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
2:21 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2291
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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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 60.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 00m / 18.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.94° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.07° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.40° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.