The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 18, 1973
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
6:06 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 621
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.3° / 351.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / -2.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.65° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.89° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.