The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 2036
Last Quarter
51.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 AM
12:27 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.2%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1400
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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March equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 240.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -19.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.41° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.10° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.98° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.