The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 17, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
5:34 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1190
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 21.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 19.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.14° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / -0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.69° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.