The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 19, 2028
Waning Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 AM
1:41 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1301
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 | 289.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 221.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -23.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.59° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / 2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.60° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.