The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 18, 1928
Waning Crescent
13.0% 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
5:09 AM
3:02 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 64
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 209.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.90° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.57° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.84° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.