The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 2139
Waning Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2674
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 | 234.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 259.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 23m / -23.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.39° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.02° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.