The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
66.8% 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
1:04 PM
2:41 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 213
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 | 109.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 57.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 13m / 17.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.55° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.68° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.88° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.