The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 2003
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
7:34 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 992
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 318.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -3.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.47° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.29° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.