The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
4:05 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 918
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 | 131.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 41.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 13.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.32° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / 5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.48° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.