The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 19, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 PM
4:52 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 349
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 | 134.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 33.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 20.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.58° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.48° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.46° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.