The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 2130
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
5:34 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2563
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 | 133.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 21.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.45° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / -0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.74° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.