The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 1957
Waning Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
8:35 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 423
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 | 228.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 278.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 59m / -17.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.24° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.44° / 1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.42° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| 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.