The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 1968
Waning Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 559
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 | 246.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 259.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -25.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.06° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.21° / 5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.83° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.