The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 18, 2074
Waning Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 AM
11:22 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1870
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 252.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -17.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.06° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.68° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.23° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.