The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 18, 1920
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 AM
5:07 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -35
Events on this date
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.1° / 196.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -4.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.83° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.89° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.50° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.