The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 2143
Waxing Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 AM
10:58 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2724
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.1° / 101.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 14.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.86° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / -1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.27° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.