The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 PM
5:04 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2897
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.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 31.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 21.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.65° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.60° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.55° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.