The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 19, 2057
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
7:12 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1660
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 | 162.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 347.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / 11.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.96° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.78° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.