The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 2188
Last Quarter
53.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
11:57 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.1%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3280
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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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 238.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -23.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.34° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.86° / 0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.85° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.