The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 2119
Waxing Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
4:09 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2427
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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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 | 104.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 43.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 01m / 27.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.64° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.91° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.14° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.2° |
| 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.