The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 2052
Waning Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
9:48 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1598
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 | 227.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 271.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -14.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.84° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / -3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.73° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.