The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 19, 1925
Waning Crescent
28.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
1:23 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.1%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 27
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 230.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -19.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.76° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / -1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.95° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.