The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 2041
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
8:14 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1462
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 312.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -0.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.62° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / -3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.22° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| 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.