The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 1969
Waxing Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 AM
8:35 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 572
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 | 18.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.9° / 136.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 8.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.44° / 1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / -1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.36° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.