The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 19, 2158
Waning Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2909
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 262.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -22.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.01° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.29° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.65° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.