The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 18, 2007
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
7:28 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1041
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Partial solar eclipse
The Moon covers part of the Sun. Not visible from Columbus.
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.9° / 153.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -2.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.38° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.65° / 0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.31° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.