The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 19, 2196
Waning Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 AM
10:24 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3379
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 | 247.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 250.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -24.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.54° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / 5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.24° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.7° |
| 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.