The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 1944
Waning Crescent
41.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 AM
1:11 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.1%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 262
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 | 280.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 230.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -20.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.40° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.32° / -2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.04° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| 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.