The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 2069
Waning Crescent
15.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 AM
4:06 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.9%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1808
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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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 | 313.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.8° / 205.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 56m / -11.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.97° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.39° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.12° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.