The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
4:26 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1252
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 | 107.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 40.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 12m / 27.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.91° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.09° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.99° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.