The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 PM
7:39 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1190
Events on this date
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March equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 331.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / 6.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.07° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.55° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.24° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 325.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.