The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 18, 1971
Waning Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 AM
9:37 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 596
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 | 253.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 253.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 34m / -26.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.81° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.89° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.53° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.