The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2196
Waning Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 AM
11:16 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3379
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 | 259.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 242.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -25.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.39° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.42° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.41° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.