The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 19, 2061
Waning Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 AM
5:30 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1709
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 | 332.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.0° / 178.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -14.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.44° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.16° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.78° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.