The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 1939
Waning Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 AM
4:42 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 200
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 | 333.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.3° / 201.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -6.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.74° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.11° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.