The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 2141
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 PM
6:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2699
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.
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.7° / 357.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 4.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.37° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.37° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.