The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 19, 2175
Waning Crescent
12.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
4:19 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.4%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3119
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 194.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 23m / -17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.86° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.57° / 3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.04° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.