The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 18, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 PM
6:00 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 250
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 | 142.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.2° / 11.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 29m / 14.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.04° / -0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.15° / 1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.52° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.