The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 19, 2152
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% 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
6:20 PM
7:13 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2835
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
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March equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 347.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 11.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.46° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.68° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.14° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.