The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 18, 2085
Last Quarter
54.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
11:47 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.2%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2006
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 | 265.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 239.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -24.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.11° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / 2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.65° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.