The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2177
Waning Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
10:37 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3144
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 | 251.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 247.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -25.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.71° / -3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.98° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.62° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.