The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 PM
4:43 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2662
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 | 113.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 36.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 24.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.58° / 3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.78° / -3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.34° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.