The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
3:29 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 213
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 | 122.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 48.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 14.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.64° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.71° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.