The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 18, 2032
First Quarter
48.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
2:19 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.1%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1351
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 60.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 44m / 19.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.31° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.62° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.8° |
| 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.