The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 19, 2119
First Quarter
52.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
3:22 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.9%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2427
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 50.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 08m / 28.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.66° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.31° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.