The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 2017
Waning Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 AM
11:10 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1165
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 256.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -16.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.44° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.00° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.