The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 19, 2107
Waning Crescent
22.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 AM
3:17 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.0%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2278
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.2° / 213.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -14.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.80° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.33° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.