The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 18, 1984
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
7:37 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 757
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 | 198.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.2° / 318.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -2.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.51° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.65° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.48° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.