The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 2197
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 AM
7:56 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3391
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 | 358.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.0° / 146.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / 3.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.25° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.81° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 139.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.