The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2187
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 PM
5:11 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3268
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.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 27.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 20.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.58° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / -1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.51° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.