The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 2130
Waxing Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
4:08 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2563
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 | 111.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 41.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 23m / 20.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.52° / -1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.53° / 2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.07° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.