The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2185
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3243
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 | 230.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 269.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -12.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.87° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.28° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.01° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.3° |
| 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.