The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 19, 1916
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 PM
6:16 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -84
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 346.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / -3.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.54° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.08° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 204.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.