The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 19, 2085
Waning Crescent
43.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
12:52 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.0%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2006
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 | 278.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 230.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -23.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.96° / 0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / 0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.83° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.