The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Waning Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1264
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 | 227.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 49m / -20.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.00° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.38° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.39° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.