The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 2006
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
8:05 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1029
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 | 221.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 284.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -17.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.23° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.40° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.12° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.