The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 2019
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
8:14 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1190
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 313.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / 0.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.06° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.22° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.91° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.