The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 2120
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2439
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 261.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -23.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.62° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.24° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| 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.