The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 19, 2049
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 PM
7:16 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1561
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 321.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / -4.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.30° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.79° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 185.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.