The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 2098
Waning Gibbous
93.1% 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
10:44 PM
8:47 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2167
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 | 210.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -12.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.12° / -0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / 1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.57° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.