The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2174
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
8:18 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3107
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 | 202.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 293.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -11.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.06° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.63° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.