The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 1968
Waning Gibbous
79.8% 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
11:52 PM
8:39 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 559
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 271.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -20.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.61° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / 4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.67° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| 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.