The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 19, 1988
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 AM
9:00 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 807
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 | 22.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.2° / 130.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 16m / 10.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.58° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.54° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.