The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 19, 2099
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
5:43 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2179
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.9° / 176.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 30m / -12.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.66° / -2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.21° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.