The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 19, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
5:28 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1153
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 | 137.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 19.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 12.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.83° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.16° / 4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.22° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.