The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 19, 1949
Waning Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 324
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 | 247.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 259.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -24.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.04° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.39° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.03° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.