The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
2:13 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 448
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 | 102.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 61.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 40m / 17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.56° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.25° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.