The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 2182
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
7:36 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3206
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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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 | 184.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 318.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / -3.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.47° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / 2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.05° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 139.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.