The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
4:41 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1190
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 34.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 46m / 21.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.63° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / 0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.85° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.