The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 22, 2019
Waning Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 PM
8:47 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1190
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 297.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -4.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.80° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.06° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.