The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 2098
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
8:22 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2167
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 301.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -5.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.36° / 0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.42° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| 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.