The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 2122
Waxing Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
5:14 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2464
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 | 130.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 25.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 39m / 16.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.02° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / 3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.48° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.