The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 2053
Waning Crescent
0.5% 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
7:14 AM
7:18 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1610
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 | 352.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 155.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -2.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.70° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / 0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.47° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.