The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 2158
Waning Gibbous
73.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 AM
9:58 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2909
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 | 241.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 254.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -25.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.87° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.82° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.