The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 18, 1909
Waning Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 AM
2:50 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -171
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 | 315.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.0° / 211.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -20.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.17° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / 5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.04° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.