The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2163
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 PM
7:23 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2971
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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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 | 180.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 322.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / -2.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.73° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / 3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.23° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 188.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.