The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 19, 2015
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 AM
7:08 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1140
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.5° / 159.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / -2.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.32° / 1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.34° / -1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.86° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.