The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 18, 2060
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 PM
8:26 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1697
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 303.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -4.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.24° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.79° / -2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.99° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.