The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 19, 1999
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
9:07 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 943
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,300 km.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.9° / 127.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 5.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.98° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.17° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.28° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.