The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 18, 2066
Last Quarter
51.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
11:57 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.8%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1771
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 236.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -24.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.50° / -1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / 2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.84° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.