The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Waning Gibbous
96.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 PM
8:27 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.1%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1128
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 294.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -8.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.73° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / 1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.02° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.