The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 19, 2068
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 PM
7:32 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1796
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 | 187.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 312.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / -6.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.70° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.83° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.57° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 145.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.