The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 18, 2106
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 PM
6:40 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2266
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 | 166.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 344.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 2.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.78° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.32° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| 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.