The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 19, 2145
Waning Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
4:19 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2748
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.0° / 201.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -11.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.73° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.96° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.