The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 2147
Waning Gibbous
90.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
9:26 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2773
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 | 216.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 282.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -9.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.35° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.38° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.44° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.