The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 2104
Waning Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
11:04 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2241
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 246.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 47m / -23.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.39° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.75° / 2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.26° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.