The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 2097
Waxing Crescent
37.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 AM
1:34 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.2%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2155
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 | 75.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 65.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 53m / 25.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.89° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.65° / -2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.85° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.