The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 19, 1920
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 AM
6:12 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -35
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 | 350.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.2° / 180.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / -0.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.29° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.71° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.