The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 19, 2071
Waning Gibbous
85.7% 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
11:43 PM
9:42 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1833
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 | 224.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 274.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 48m / -12.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.61° / 3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / -3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.37° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.