The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 18, 2142
Waning Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
11:39 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2711
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 243.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -22.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.44° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.04° / 0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.68° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| 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.