The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 19, 2161
Waning Crescent
41.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 AM
1:14 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.1%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2946
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 230.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -20.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.81° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.66° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.