The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 2196
Waning Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3379
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 | 235.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 259.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 23m / -22.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.23° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.70° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.07° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.