The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 1933
Last Quarter
52.1% 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
1:50 AM
10:36 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.1%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 126
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 | 267.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 243.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 39m / -28.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.42° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.85° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.11° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.7° |
| 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.