The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
4:56 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -220
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 27.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 37m / 12.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.45° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.47° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.