The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 18, 1990
Waning Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 AM
10:07 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 831
Events on this date
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 249.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -27.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.91° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.33° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.