The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 19, 1904
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 AM
9:13 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -232
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 124.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 7.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.30° / -2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / 3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.92° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.