The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
68.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
3:56 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1858
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 43.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 23m / 18.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.76° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.13° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| 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.