The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 18, 1934
Waxing Crescent
12.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 AM
10:39 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.1%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 139
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 | 40.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.6° / 104.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 15m / 18.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.80° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.02° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.