The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 1922
Waning Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -10
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 263.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -17.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.52° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.69° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.68° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.