The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 PM
5:52 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 720
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 | 158.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 11.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 11.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.09° / 2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / -2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.46° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.