The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 19, 1909
Waning Crescent
7.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 AM
4:07 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.1%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -171
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 198.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -16.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.04° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.25° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.