The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 1935
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
5:42 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 151
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 9.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 4.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.45° / -3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.00° / 4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.45° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.