The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2125
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 PM
7:55 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2501
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 | 194.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 303.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -7.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.46° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / 3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.78° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.