The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 19, 1945
Waxing Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
1:20 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 275
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 68.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 54m / 19.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.52° / -2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.60° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.88° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.