The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 1913
Waxing Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
4:34 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -121
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 | 127.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 37.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 23.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.57° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.02° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.07° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.