The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 1987
Waning Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 PM
8:02 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 794
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 | 218.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 288.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -15.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.23° / -2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / 3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.32° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.