The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 2182
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
6:34 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3206
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 | 161.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 351.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 39m / 4.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.46° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.25° / 5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.25° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.