The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 2166
Waning Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
8:43 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3008
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 | 200.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 299.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -3.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.22° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / -4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.91° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.