The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 19, 1973
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 PM
6:31 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 621
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 | 188.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 331.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -7.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.68° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.26° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 145.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.