The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
3:40 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2897
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 | 98.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 47.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 30m / 27.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.63° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.08° / -4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.90° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.