The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 2193
Waning Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
8:09 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3342
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 | 199.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 297.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -9.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.83° / -2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / 4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.26° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.