The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 AM
2:50 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1017
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 | 99.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 55.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 37m / 28.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.09° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.96° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.27° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| 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.