The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2131
Waning Gibbous
64.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
11:19 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.2%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2575
Events on this date
-
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 | 253.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 250.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -19.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.29° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.64° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.63° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.