The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 2174
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
7:38 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3107
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 8:30 AM, is deepest at 10:24 AM and ends at 12:17 PM. Totality lasts from 9:41 AM to 11:07 AM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 0.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 100.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.0° / 323.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / 0.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.90° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.69° / 1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.33° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 168.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.