The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 19, 1983
Waxing Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 745
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 | 59.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 90.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 46m / 17.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.13° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / 4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.96° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.