The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 19, 2007
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 AM
8:46 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1042
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 133.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 4.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.51° / 1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.56° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.47° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.