The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 2141
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
5:15 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2699
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 | 132.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 24.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 14.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.44° / -2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / 4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.68° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.