The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 2042
Waning Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 AM
5:19 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1474
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.7° / 180.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 15m / -15.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.03° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.98° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.