The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 2030
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
6:37 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1326
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 | 165.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.6° / 345.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 1.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.58° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.15° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.