The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
4:48 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1153
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 | 125.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 31.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 23m / 15.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.29° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / 5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.38° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.