The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 23, 2019
Waning Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
9:21 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1190
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 282.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -9.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.16° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.74° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.21° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.