The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 2109
Waning Gibbous
81.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.4%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2303
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 | 231.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 269.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -13.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.94° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.30° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.97° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.