The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
6:02 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3033
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 12.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 16.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.46° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.43° / -2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.15° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.