The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 2165
Waxing Gibbous
60.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
3:15 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.5%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2996
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 | 102.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 51.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 52m / 17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.37° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.15° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.