The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 18, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
5:30 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 485
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 19.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 07m / 12.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.24° / 1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.36° / -0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.25° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.