The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 19, 2096
Waning Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 AM
2:18 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2142
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 | 297.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.1° / 212.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -24.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.08° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.07° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.27° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.