The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 19, 2011
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 PM
7:07 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 356,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1091
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.0° / 325.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / -3.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.40° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.80° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 216.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.