The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 18, 1915
Waxing Crescent
8.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 AM
9:53 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.1%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -96
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.0° / 114.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 15.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.68° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.80° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.85° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.