The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 19, 2162
Waxing Crescent
12.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
11:30 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2959
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 95.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 30m / 15.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.98° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.13° / -0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.46° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.