The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 1912
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 AM
6:37 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -134
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.6° / 167.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / -4.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.23° / -2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / 3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.82° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 18.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.