The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 19, 1914
Waning Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
11:40 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -109
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 | 280.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 235.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -27.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.12° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.48° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.