The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 2158
Waning Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
8:51 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2909
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 | 220.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 273.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.14° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.49° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.