The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 19, 2032
Waxing Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
3:06 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1351
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 | 98.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 53.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 18.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.44° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.44° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.