The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 19, 2012
Waning Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 AM
5:10 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1103
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 | 326.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.4° / 190.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 45m / -8.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.73° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.91° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.