The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
4:44 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 584
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 35.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 20.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.51° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.42° / -3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.83° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.