The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
64.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 PM
4:18 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.2%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1957
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 | 106.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 41.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 13m / 27.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.13° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.57° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.