The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 19, 2065
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
5:53 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1759
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 | 142.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 12.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 37m / 12.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.41° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.42° / 2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.37° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.