The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 19, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 PM
6:24 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 720
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 | 169.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.9° / 357.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 23m / 7.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.50° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / -3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.31° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.0° |
| 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.