The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
5:10 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1252
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.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 31.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 06m / 25.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.20° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.81° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.