The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 19, 2144
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 PM
7:19 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2736
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 323.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / -2.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.93° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / 4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.44° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 196.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.