The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 2101
Waning Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
8:53 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2204
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 273.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -18.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.35° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.41° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.26° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.