The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 19, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 PM
4:45 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1623
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 | 124.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 31.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 22m / 16.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.82° / -2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.92° / 4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.77° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| 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.