The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 19, 2079
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
8:38 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1932
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 | 204.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 293.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -8.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.51° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.17° / -0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.76° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.