The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 1914
Last Quarter
51.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
10:39 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.3%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -109
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.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 242.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -28.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.89° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.52° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.30° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.