The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2198
Waxing Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
5:42 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3404
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.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 12.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 8.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.62° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.12° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.