The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 1963
Last Quarter
48.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
11:31 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.1%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 497
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 | 272.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 246.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -21.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.70° / 2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.62° / -2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.16° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.