The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 1931
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 AM
6:14 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 101
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 | 353.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.4° / 173.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -5.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.45° / -2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / 3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.80° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 45.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.