The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 19, 2060
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
8:46 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1697
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 | 207.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 290.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -9.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.03° / 1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.31° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.15° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.