The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 2102
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 AM
7:38 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2216
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.1° / 151.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / 0.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.69° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.99° / -3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.97° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.