The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 19, 1993
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 AM
3:39 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 868
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 | 320.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 213.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -10.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.01° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.62° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.61° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.