The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 2003
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 PM
7:05 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 992
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 338.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / 3.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.43° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.27° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.14° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.