The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 PM
5:01 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 819
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 | 139.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.8° / 30.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 17.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.68° / 1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / -1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.06° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.