The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 19, 1944
Waning Crescent
30.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 AM
2:11 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.2%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 262
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 | 293.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 219.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -20.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.34° / 1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.24° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.