The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 18, 1906
Waning Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 AM
12:35 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -208
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 238.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 54m / -19.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.63° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.94° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.