The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 2176
Waxing Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
5:09 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3132
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 | 124.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 29.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 20.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.15° / 1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / -0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.76° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.