The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 2109
Waning Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
8:43 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2303
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 | 203.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 295.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -5.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.15° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / -2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.66° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| 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.