The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 19, 2009
Waning Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
12:50 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1066
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.6° / 227.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -25.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.20° / -2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.46° / 3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.81° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.