The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 2133
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
7:45 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2600
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.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 330.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / 6.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.61° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.80° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 335.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.