The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 2082
Waning Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1969
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 | 235.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 259.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -23.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.00° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.61° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.