The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 19, 2066
Waning Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
1:04 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1771
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 | 281.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 228.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -23.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.55° / -0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.39° / 1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.03° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.