The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 2117
Waning Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
8:48 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2402
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 | 213.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 282.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -13.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.15° / -1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.38° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.