The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 19, 2088
Waning Crescent
12.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 AM
4:30 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.9%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2043
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.
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.7° / 200.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -10.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.33° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.92° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.