The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 1980
Waxing Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 AM
10:23 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 708
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 | 41.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.9° / 109.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 38m / 10.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.36° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.43° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.87° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.