The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 2052
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
9:14 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1598
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 281.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -11.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.99° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / -1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.57° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.