The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 2047
Last Quarter
50.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 AM
12:02 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.2%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1536
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 235.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 51m / -25.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.88° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / 3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.04° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.