The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 1938
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
7:37 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 188
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 1.9° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 298.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -13.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.93° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.46° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.