The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 2165
First Quarter
50.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
2:25 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.8%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2996
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 59.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.11° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.91° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.33° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.