The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 19, 2172
Waning Crescent
25.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 AM
2:25 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.2%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3082
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 | 300.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 210.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -25.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.67° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.17° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.11° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.