The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 18, 2063
Waning Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1734
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 261.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 08m / -22.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.73° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.10° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.82° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.