The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 19, 1987
Waning Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
8:31 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 794
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 | 231.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.0° / 273.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 06m / -20.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.90° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.48° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.