The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 19, 1931
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 AM
7:13 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 102
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.3° / 158.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / -0.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.27° / -1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.89° / 2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.99° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.