The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 20, 2179
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 PM
5:37 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3169
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 | 143.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 14.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 9.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.06° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.60° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.92° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.