The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
68.1% 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
2:10 PM
3:53 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1623
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 | 111.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 43.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 22m / 18.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.40° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.09° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.93° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.