The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 19, 1979
Waning Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 695
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 | 247.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 265.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -16.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.28° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.09° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.11° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.