The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 1941
Waning Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 225
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 | 251.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 262.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 34m / -17.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.45° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.48° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.