The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 1918
Waxing Crescent
41.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 AM
12:52 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.2%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -59
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 | 79.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 72.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 03m / 23.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.96° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.24° / -0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.73° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.