The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 1991
Waxing Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 AM
10:58 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 844
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 | 43.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.0° / 100.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 32m / 20.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.93° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.49° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.61° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.