The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 2193
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
8:30 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3342
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 283.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -15.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.66° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.85° / 5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.42° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.