The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 19, 2077
Waning Crescent
29.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 AM
2:03 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.2%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1907
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° 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 | 294.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 215.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -24.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.50° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.49° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.47° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.