The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 19, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 PM
5:39 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -220
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 | 158.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 12.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 8.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.26° / -0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.38° / 0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.32° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.