The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 1907
Waxing Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
11:19 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -195
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 97.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 17m / 13.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.26° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.17° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.