The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 19, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% 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
3:22 PM
5:17 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3033
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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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 | 127.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 25.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 19.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.49° / 1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / -1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.31° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.