The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 19, 2164
Waning Crescent
14.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 AM
4:18 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.1%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2983
Events on this date
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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 | 316.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.6° / 201.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -12.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.80° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.78° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.