The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2149
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
5:56 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2798
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 | 139.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.7° / 14.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 16.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.68° / 1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.86° / -1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.96° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.