The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 19, 1961
Waxing Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 AM
10:06 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 473
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 | 38.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.5° / 112.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 9.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.16° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.67° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.