The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 1942
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
9:33 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 238
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 | 19.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 120.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 4.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.19° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.21° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.