The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 19, 2074
Last Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 AM
12:11 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1870
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 242.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 39m / -19.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.14° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.58° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.40° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.