The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 2041
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
8:36 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1462
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 298.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -5.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.95° / 2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / -2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.37° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.