The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 1929
First Quarter
54.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 AM
2:13 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 77
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 60.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 12m / 26.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.71° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.22° / -3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.31° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.