The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 19, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 PM
6:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 250
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 | 154.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 358.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 11.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.18° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / -0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.36° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.