The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 PM
5:48 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 15
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 | 160.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 10.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 8.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.45° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / -0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.51° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.