The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 1958
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 AM
6:18 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 435
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 | 352.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.0° / 177.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / -0.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.99° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.14° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.