The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 19, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 PM
4:46 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1858
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 | 123.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 31.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 21m / 17.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.60° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.34° / 3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.96° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.