The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 2171
Waxing Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
6:03 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3070
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 | 135.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 16.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 09m / 21.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.16° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.62° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.64° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| 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.