The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
2:56 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -257
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 54.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 25m / 16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.30° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.50° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.