The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2112
Waning Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
11:49 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2340
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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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 244.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -20.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.53° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.43° / -3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.01° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.