The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 2160
Waxing Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
5:42 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2934
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,000 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 | 144.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 12.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 9.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.78° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.73° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.