The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 18, 1976
Waning Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 PM
7:59 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 658
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.0° / 291.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -13.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.79° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.10° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.07° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.