The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 19, 2117
Waning Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
8:21 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2402
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 299.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -7.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.26° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.69° / 0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.23° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.