The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 19, 1917
Waning Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 AM
2:48 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -72
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 218.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 50m / -15.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.59° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / -1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.59° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.