The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 19, 2129
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 AM
7:10 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2550
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.8° / 156.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -5.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.34° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / 3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.33° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.