The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 19, 1922
Waning Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
11:00 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -10
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 | 262.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 254.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.60° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.85° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.