The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 2065
Waxing Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 PM
5:21 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1759
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 24.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 44m / 17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.69° / -0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / 1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.52° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.