The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 2120
Waning Gibbous
88.3% 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
11:43 PM
8:50 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2439
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 | 219.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.8° / 273.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -18.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.13° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.08° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.