The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 1947
Waning Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 AM
3:36 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 299
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 | 324.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 203.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 47m / -18.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.69° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.64° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.