The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 19, 1976
Waning Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
8:44 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 658
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 | 230.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 277.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 09m / -17.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.49° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / -0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.23° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.