The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 1947
Waning Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 AM
2:33 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 299
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 212.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 56m / -22.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.32° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.15° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.44° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.