The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 1925
Waning Crescent
38.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
12:21 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.9%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 27
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 | 282.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 239.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -20.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.55° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.61° / -2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.75° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.3° |
| 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.