The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 2144
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
6:42 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2736
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 | 166.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.9° / 344.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 2.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.73° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.79° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.71° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.