The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 2148
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 AM
7:09 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2785
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.3° / 156.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -6.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.42° / -2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.12° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 46.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.