The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 2086
Waxing Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
12:12 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2019
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 | 59.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 78.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 47m / 21.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.19° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.72° / -1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.29° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.