The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 18, 1937
Waxing Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
12:49 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 176
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 | 79.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.6° / 72.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 06m / 22.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.57° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.94° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.