The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2155
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
8:13 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2872
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 | 198.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 298.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -8.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.72° / -1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / 2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.84° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.