The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 19, 2103
Waxing Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 PM
5:28 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2229
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 21.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 15.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.76° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.11° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.