The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 2160
Waxing Gibbous
82.5% 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
3:48 PM
5:06 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2934
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 | 130.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 26.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 14.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.11° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.09° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.88° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| 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.