The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 2084
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 PM
5:36 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1994
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 19.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 14.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.66° / -1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / 2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.72° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.