The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 1949
Waning Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
8:45 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 324
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 271.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 16m / -20.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.09° / -2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.74° / 3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.87° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.