The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 2036
Waning Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
11:43 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1400
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 | 257.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 248.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.30° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.80° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.