The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 2079
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
8:17 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1932
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 | 192.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 307.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -2.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.05° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / -1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.61° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.