The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
7:02 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1190
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 350.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 48m / 11.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.98° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.21° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.39° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.