The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 1995
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
7:19 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 893
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 | 201.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.7° / 311.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -8.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.33° / -1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.16° / 2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.71° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.