The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 2176
Waxing Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
4:29 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3132
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.
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Jupiter, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 38.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 36m / 23.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.76° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.92° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.