The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 2044
Waning Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 AM
9:41 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1499
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 | 236.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 258.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 27m / -23.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.45° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.84° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.17° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.