The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 1927
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
7:09 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 52
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 339.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 4.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.10° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.12° / -1.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.