The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 19, 2038
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
7:03 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1425
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.1° / 350.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 11.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.03° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / -4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.58° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.