The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
5:10 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 15
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 | 147.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.8° / 24.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 12.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.81° / -0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / 1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.66° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.