The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 18, 2187
Waxing Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
3:17 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3268
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 | 99.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 50.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 31m / 22.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.14° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / 1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.84° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.1° |
| 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.