The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
75.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
3:26 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.2%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 918
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 | 120.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 49.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 15.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.44° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.65° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.