The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 1911
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
8:26 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -146
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 285.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -14.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.00° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.26° / 0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.26° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.