The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 2048
Waxing Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1549
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 87.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 19.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.28° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.11° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.90° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.