The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 2188
Waning Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
11:12 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3280
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 | 254.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 248.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 47m / -21.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.01° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.76° / -0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.68° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.