The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 1941
Last Quarter
54.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 AM
11:11 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.7%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 225
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 253.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.46° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.65° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.