The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 19, 1933
Waning Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
11:42 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 126
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 | 280.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 235.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -27.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.48° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.74° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.29° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.