The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 18, 2123
Waning Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
10:54 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2476
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 | 251.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -22.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.46° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.69° / 2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.88° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.