The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 18, 1979
Waning Gibbous
78.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
9:24 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.2%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 695
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 275.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 28m / -13.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.09° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.02° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.94° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.