The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 19, 1938
Waning Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
8:12 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 188
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 284.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 31m / -16.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.57° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.09° / 2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.62° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.