The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 19, 2084
Waxing Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 PM
6:03 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1994
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 | 148.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 7.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 58m / 9.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.21° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / 4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.57° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.