The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 19, 2040
Waxing Crescent
39.9% 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
11:19 AM
1:50 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.9%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1450
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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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 | 78.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 64.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 07m / 23.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.90° / 1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.05° / -0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.06° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.