The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 2176
Waxing Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
3:41 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3132
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 | 99.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 47.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 26.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.12° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / -3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.10° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.