The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 2090
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 PM
9:21 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2068
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 | 216.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 281.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -10.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.47° / 3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.01° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.