The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 1932
Waxing Gibbous
81.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
4:36 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.1%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 114
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 | 128.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 36.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 39m / 22.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.29° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.27° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| 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.