The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 18, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
5:18 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1524
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 | 127.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 26.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 19.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.07° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / -0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.33° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.