The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 19, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
3:39 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1017
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 48.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 30m / 27.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.96° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.68° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.10° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.