The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 19, 2006
Waning Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
8:32 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1029
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 271.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 13m / -21.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.70° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.22° / 5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.28° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| 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.