The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 19, 1939
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 AM
5:39 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 200
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.3° / 188.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -2.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.81° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.99° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.32° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.