The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
6:21 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1190
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 | 146.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 6.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 48m / 15.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.95° / 2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.89° / -2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.54° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.