The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 2180
Last Quarter
49.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 AM
12:30 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.0%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3181
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 | 271.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 237.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -20.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.99° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / -2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.29° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.