The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 2185
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
9:06 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3243
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 | 208.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 291.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 46m / -6.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.74° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.08° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.70° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.