The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 19, 2093
Waning Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
11:57 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2105
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 | 262.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 243.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 29m / -19.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.74° / 3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.05° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.22° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.