The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 19, 2142
Last Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
12:31 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2711
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 235.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -21.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.36° / 1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.75° / -1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.86° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.