The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 PM
6:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1054
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 357.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 9.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.64° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / 1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.62° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.