The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 2199
Last Quarter
51.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 AM
12:21 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.1%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3416
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 239.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 51m / -20.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.97° / 3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / -3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.09° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| 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.