The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Last Quarter
50.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
11:54 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.8%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1066
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 | 269.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 234.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 48m / -26.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.38° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / 5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.62° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.