The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 PM
6:35 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1091
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 | 164.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 347.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 2.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.07° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.55° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.95° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.