The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 1946
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
7:50 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 287
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 313.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -3.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.34° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.65° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.06° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.