The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 19, 2017
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 AM
11:49 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1165
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 | 259.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 247.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 11m / -17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.32° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.82° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.17° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.