The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 19, 1954
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 PM
6:18 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 386
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.7° / 343.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / -4.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.52° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.48° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 181.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.