The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 19, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
5:25 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 819
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 | 150.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 20.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 08m / 12.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.67° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / 0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.90° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.