The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 PM
3:42 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1487
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 | 97.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 47.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 28.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.91° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.39° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| 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.