The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 2087
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
6:59 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2031
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 | 173.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 333.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 22m / -0.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.70° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.48° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.96° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.