The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 1974
Waning Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 AM
3:53 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 633
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 205.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 48m / -14.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.58° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.00° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.29° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.