The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 18, 1923
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 AM
7:54 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3
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 | 12.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.6° / 145.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 2.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.83° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / 2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.53° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.