The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 2122
Waxing Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
6:09 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2464
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 | 152.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 2.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 6.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.52° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.16° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.