The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 19, 2010
Waxing Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
11:59 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1079
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 89.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 34m / 19.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.47° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.32° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.