The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 1919
Waning Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
8:17 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -47
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 281.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -17.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.59° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.89° / 3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.01° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.