The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 18, 2198
Waxing Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
4:32 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3404
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 35.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 01m / 16.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.87° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / 5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.44° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.