The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 1912
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
7:42 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -133
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 | 9.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.7° / 150.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / 2.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.04° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / 2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.61° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.