The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 19, 2044
Waning Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 AM
10:16 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1499
Events on this date
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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 | 247.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 249.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -26.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.48° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.67° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.34° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.