The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 1946
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
7:25 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 287
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 329.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / 1.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.99° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.60° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.90° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.